Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-12

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plAce aa zoun "a 1hs oould Be got cns Il
the wfees. ard ID nelrinc others she
( pulled 4 ezt AZ plnee aRein and had d
h9Fa i pallsd ints plase tha nscond
time. TheFe wSre niBe per4ans II hi1
/ party and b en- only hsax frum thEee
q tneu na yeA He Hay1 that be naw
Mr.. :. D. oss3dafa hand hfa BOY oul
30 3 lady, white he ofaWlaa bAck le Rel
his utfss Who waa killed.
nowz ruzxED mFo a xosaun.
Om1cAao, Ans. il.--The sown of ChaAs.
worth waa turned into 9 morrae foday.
The Town ball, the engine honsa and
/ tse depot we're all fnil 0f desd bodies.
uhiie every house in the villaQe had itI
| qnsiA of the wonndef. ThsFa wera over
/ 100 eogpssa u TIE exhemp1rixsd dead
honaeR Every man Womxn and child
Waz turned into an amateur hue xsalous
nurs8s Over b he lumber Yard the
noiae of hAmuaetn and aawa rama oak In
| tie alr and the busy eaFpentsra gers
makinR rough oolllns 60 carr 10 theis
/ homes the dead bottles of ths excursion.
| ISIS, Uho twelve hours bsfofo had iefi
| theiR hGznes tnil of plazsurable expaolA'
tors Of the enjoyment thay we're going
10 have during the vacation which had
banan.
AoooUx1 N FHE cmcA0o "xnEnAr
CHIrAao, AnR. II. = The Chicago
Tfn,ff special from Forest. Illinois
says that all the railway horrors in the
history Of this eou1try we're surpassed
three miles east Of OhaiswoEth lasi
uaRhs, when ~ excursion train 0n the
Telsdo. Peoria 4 warsaw road dropped
through burning bridge and over 100
people we're killed end four times that
numbef we're more 81 les injured. The
train ives comp0ssd Of SIX sleeping
cars. six day coaches and chair ears
and three baggage cars. Il vas carry
ing $50 passengers. al excuEaiunista,
and was bound for Niagara Falls TIE
train had been made 90 on the lima si
tbs Toledo. Peoria q Warsaw road. end
THE KxCuRsl0NIsRs oAMH
From various points in central Illinois,
the bulk ef then, however. ooEainQ from
Peoria. some uf Che passengers came
from Canton. Fl Paso. Washington and
IN fact al the stations along the line,
some coming from "a far weet as Bur
linRson and keoknk. A special and
cheap rate had been made for the ex.
cursion and eli sorts Of people took ad-
vantaQe Of IL. When tho train drew
out Of Peoria at 8 O'Clock II was loaded
10 its fail capacity.
EvERx BERTH IN THE srx sLnEPRRs
Was taken and The day ears oarrisd 60
peopie each. The tFain was 30 heavy
that tWo engines wers hitched 10 it and
when Il passed this place Il was III
hours behind time. Ohaasw0rths the
next station east Of here, h s miles Oh
and the run there vas made 10 ssven
minutes, 90 the terrible momentum OF
thoss 80 coaches and two heaEy engines
sheoeinR through space at q rate Of
mile . minute can be understood. No
stop vas made at ohalsWoEth and on
the heavy train with its living freight
sped throuQh the darkness OF night.
Three miles east Of Ohats@orth Ia lit
tie slough WheEe the railroad train
crosses dry run about ten feet deep
and fifteen vide. Over this was
stretched an ordinary wooden trestle
bridge, and as the train came thunder
Inc down On u, what Was the hoFreF Of
the engineer Of the front engine when
be cav the bridge vas on hre.
kE0HT RzFoRE ms E1Ka
Lsaped the bright flames. and the next
instant he wss among them. There
vas no chance 10 step. Had there been
any warning u wonld have taken . mile
70 stop that on rushing mas Of wood.
iron and human neah, and ahe train 70.
mssssnasrs q Death before thsJ aashsd
their Anal red signals In the engi.
noeEis face, bat be paessd ever In safety.
The hrnt engine koeping the rails as Il
went over the bridge, which fell beneath
a, Il coala enly have bsen the tsFrihe
npeed Of the train which saved the lives
az the engineer and bis fireman, bot
The next engine went down.
rNsxANrLY xHR DMMD on DEATH
was done. Oars crashed in cars.
eoaches piled ono ON top Of another
and Ia the twinklIng Of an eye nearly
one hundred people found instant death
ana City more we're 30 hart thai they
could not live. Az for the w0anded,
they were everywhere. 0nly the Sleep
ing oOaohos escaped, and as The startled
and half dressed passengers came out
Of them they found such = scene Of
death es 10 rarely Witnessed, and sneh
work 10 do q seemed ~ II human hands
we're utterly incapable,
Il lacked Just Ave minutes OF mid
night. Down In the ditch lay the
second engine, Mr.. MeClintook, The
engineer dead and fireman AppleRate
badly injured. The cars lay on Top OF
aash ffhaF lika
cHuD's uAkD HOUSE.
After be had swept with his hand. Then
comea the six day coaches. They we're
telescobed as cars never we're before,
| and three Of them we're pressed n 1usi
enough spaee for one. The second car
had Jumped on iks trucks and crushed
through the car ahead Of u, erushine
The wood EOgk aside like tinder and
resting On toy Of the seats, While ever
uasneneer IN the fRont car Waa lyinR
dead OF dying underneath. Out Of that
car bat four peopls cana alive. O1
tor Of the second ear lay the third. and
although the latter did not cover iel
bearef as completely a. did the second
ear, beneath fta bottom was ameaEee
with The blood Of lfs victims. The othel
three cars we're not 90 badly erushe0
bot they we're broken and twisted Il
every eoncsfyAbie way. and every tim
Der and beam represented . exnsnef
human form OF q broken bone. In
gtantly she ar was filed With The ortei
81 The wounded and the sbrieka o
thoss about 20 die. The groans Of meE
and the screams Of women nnited .
make
AZ APPALLING SOUND,
And above al coald be beard the aGcn
iainR cries Of litala children. IN som
instances they lay pinned alongside o
their dead parents, and there Waa 40
other tsFyibla danger yet 10 be met.
TIE bridge WAs gtiil banning. and %
wFecked ears were laying aFound %
, heFoely burning embeRs. kgefywher
in ths wreck we're the wounded and On
hart men, wemcn end children who's
lives esaId Be saved 10 they could B
aottan cut, bat whose death 10 mos
, RoFrible form vas certain " ahs twists
9ood Of he beoksn ears should cate
! on Are, and 20 aeht the hEe theEe Va
not q dfop Of water. and only eOu1
} afty able bodied men who had sti
pFsssnss Of mind and nsFve enouRh
DO their daiy.
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